With allthe movie sequels coming out today many people have grown tired of them, because of the money grabs most of them turn out to be. They use the franchise, not the new story itself to make money. But these arent the films I am taking about. And i am also not talking about films that were simply too long for 1 movie so they made multiple (lotr, original star wars trilogy.) Those movies all revolve around the same premise it just takes more than 1 movie for the plot to be resolved. I am talking about a movie that is a true sequel with an entirely new story about characters who have already been developed. I believe making a good sequel is a actually harder than creating new material entirely. which is one reason for example the godfather 2 is so wonderful to me.

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Posted by VinegarStrokes

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Posted on 1/28/19 at 11:54 am to Hawgnsincebirth55

most definitely. especially when you are talking about an original story. Chances are, the writers spent years developing the story and script for the original. when they are under a time crunch for putting out a sequel, the quality is bound to suffer. True Detective, while not a movie, is a good example of this.

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Posted by StealthCalais11

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Posted on 1/28/19 at 11:59 am to Hawgnsincebirth55

Considering the lack of quality sequels, I would wager a yes.

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Posted by KosmoCramer

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Posted on 1/28/19 at 12:11 pm to Hawgnsincebirth55

Movies flop all the time, sequel or not.

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Posted by PillPusher

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Posted on 1/28/19 at 12:18 pm to VinegarStrokes

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Chances are, the writers spent years developing the story and script for the original. when they are under a time crunch for putting out a sequel,

This is almost always the case. Guy spends half his life coming up with a story and going over every possible outcome and minor detail. It becomes a major success and the studio says we need another one. Only this time you have a year to write it.

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Posted by Ace Midnight

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Posted on 1/28/19 at 12:53 pm to Hawgnsincebirth55

Probably. Now, having said that, it is easier to make money with a sequel than to develop a new product. Hollywood is so obviously lazy (and has been), so there appears to be very little investment in developing the next generation of Andersons (Wes and PT), Arnofskys, Coens, Tarantinos, Nolans, etc., who can actually produce original, yet profitable, material with any sort of volume.

We will get comic book franchise films, remakes, reboots and sequels until those are no longer money makers. About the only real original films that come out with any sort of backing are the animated films, which are, after a fashion, remakes (if not an explicit remake or sequel already) of previous animated films.

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Posted by Rep520

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Posted on 1/28/19 at 1:07 pm to PillPusher

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This is almost always the case. Guy spends half his life coming up with a story and going over every possible outcome and minor detail. It becomes a major success and the studio says we need another one. Only this time you have a year to write it.

Also, you have produce something that isn't a carbon copy of the original or you get the Hangover II treatment.

But, you can't stray too far from the source material or you'll run into Last Jedi territory and screw with what made it successful to begin with.

Plus, half the time, the original is fully self-contained. They're usually not designed for sequels, especially the surprise hits.

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